Hint: Today's Wordle is slang -- it may derive from the word "magnificent" (there are competing theories) but tends to be used to mean neat, stylish, or clever. Sorry to get so verbose and shifty, but this one's hard to write a hint for!
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... and it turns out that in north central Florida, the whitetail deer breeding season starts earlier than, and lasts longer than, Missouri's. To wit, mid-September through late November.
I'd actually been wondering about that a little due to seeing more deer usual in the roadways lately, but then yesterday Fortnine put out a relevant video on how to handle deer collisions on a motorcycle, something I take a particular interest in these days because it seems like a bad thing:
Full of good advice, but my main takeway is that since deer are most active 1-2 hours after sunrise and 1-2 hours before sunset, I should probably just avoid riding during those hours, at this time of year, within reason.
"Within reason" is pretty broad, especially this year since I am on a new, bigger bike that I'll want to get better acquainted with before doing much night riding anyway. We have a family SUV. I can fairly easily schedule its use for any dawn/twilight outings. That will be safer for me personally, and if I'm going to get a vehicle damaged in a deer collision I'd rather it was Tamara's crappy old Honda than my shiny new Kawasaki.
Wherever you happen to live and whatever you happen to drive or ride, be careful out there. I've been fortunate enough to never have hit a deer myself but I've seen it happen, with driver injuries involved.
